The Virginia Children’s Chorus presents two festive family concerts each season and performs regularly with the Virginia Symphony. Past performances with the Symphony include “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Of Heroes and Human Rights,” “Carmina Burana” and Mahler’s “Symphony No. 3”. The children have sung several times in the Symphony’s youth holiday concert and Virginia Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker” and in the Virginia Arts Festival’s “International Tattoo”. VCC presents many local community concerts such as the Norfolk Commission on the Art’s “Arts Within Reach” performances and has toured Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C., New York City and Great Britain. VCC has commissioned four new works, “Nollaig” (Jennifer Barker), “Of Thee I Sing” (John P. Yankee), “Now Touch the Air Softly” (Adolphus Hailstork) and “Oh, Had I a Golden Thread” (Welby Pugin). As part of the 2001 Virginia Arts Festival, the VCC performed a fully staged version of Charles Davidson’s “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” with the Virginia Symphony. Spring 2007 featured performances in the American Voices concerts with the Virginia Symphony Chorus, “Hymnody of Earth” with hammer dulcimer artist Malcolm Dalglish and as part of the “1607 Voice Choir” at the Jamestown 400th Anniversary celebration. The Tour Choir traveled to Kings Lynn and London England in June 2007. Highlights of the 2007-2008 season include performances with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra on their children’s holiday concert "The Holiday Special", the Nutcracker with Virginia Ballet Theatre, a collaboration with the Hampton Roads Chamber Players performing the Fauré “Requiem” and performing once again in the Virginia Arts Festival’s “Virginia International Tattoo”.

Singers, ages six to 18, at any level are invited to audition. Auditions for the VCC are held annually in January, June, and August. For more information, please contact the Chorus Manager at: